Question

Simplify 4/16 to lowest terms and find an equivalent fraction that has a denominator of 32.a) 8b) 4c) 1.32

Answer 1

Simplification:

`(4)/(16)=((4)/(2))/((16)/(2))=(2)/(8)=((2)/(2))/((8)/(2))=(1)/(4)`

The simplification of the fraction 4/16 to the lowest terms equals 1/4.

Equivalent fraction:

An equivalent fraction with 32 as a denominator would be:

`(32)/(4)=8`

`(1)/(4)\cdot(8)/(8)=(8)/(32)`

Therefore, in this case, the answer would be: a) 8

Summary:

0. We simplified the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator over a common factor (2), obtaining ,1/4.

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1. We found an equivalent fraction with 32 as a denominator by dividing 32/4 and multiplying that result (8) times the original fraction.